Berlin, December 21, 2024 – It went up the death toll stands at 4 in the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market. Bild reports it, citing the police. Furthermore, 200 people were injured, of which 41 in serious condition. Meanwhile, according to what the German media explain, one Saudi source reported that Riad I had notified the German authorities on the dangerousness of the author of the attack, the Saudi doctor Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, who had published on social media extremist opinions against Islam and Germany.
The Magdeburg Christmas market sealed off by the police after the attack on Friday evening
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholzwill travel to Magdeburg today to visit the site of the massacre. Accompanying him will be the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser. One is scheduled for the evening memorial ceremony in the cathedral of the city of Saxony-Anhalt. Dpa reports it. The police have not yet defined the motive for the attack: “We don't know the backstory yet, we are considering every hypothesis“, a police spokesperson told the local press.
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09:33
Germany: security strengthened at Christmas markets
Security at German Christmas markets has been tightened after the Magdeburg attack. In Berlin, Interior Senator Iris Spranger announced the strengthening of measures and the increase in the presence of law enforcement. The capital's police and fire brigade forces also immediately mobilized to support their colleagues in Magdeburg. The city of Halle similarly intensified controls, with more officers deployed along access roads. In a gesture of solidarity, the market in the city of Saxony-Anhalt – of which Magdeburg is the capital – will be silent in the coming days, with no music among the stalls. Patrols were also strengthened in Leipzig and Erfurt.
09:31
The Magdeburg market will never reopen
Ronni Krug, head of human resources, citizen services and order in the city of Magdeburg, told Spiegel that the Christmas market will no longer be open this year: “People have died here. Opening a market means that the people eat and drink mulled wine where people have died. I can't approve of it and it won't happen as long as I have something to say here.” The Magdeburg World of Lights, the Christmas and winter illumination with over a million lights, has also ended.
09:30
Musk: “Scholz is incompetent. He should resign”
“Scholz should resign immediately. Incompetent idiot.” Elon Musk wrote this on X, harshly attacking the German chancellor following the Magdeburg attack. The comment from Donald Trump's future advisor came a few hours after the endorsement of the far-right AfD party, defined as “the only hope for saving Germany”.
09:27
Farnesina: “No Italians among the victims of the attack”
Among the confirmed victims of last night's attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg there were no Italians. This was confirmed by the German police at our embassy in Berlin, the Farnesina reports, which continues to monitor the situation of the wounded. At the moment there have been no reports among the hundreds of people contacted so far.
